WHEREAS, the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), is in need of further augmentation of legal assistance from the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) due to heavy workload experienced by its Legal Department and the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel;

WHEREAS, Section 1 of PD No. 478 and Section 35, Chapter 12, Title III of Book IV of Executive Order No. 292, S. 1987 mandate the OSG to represent the Government of the Philippines, its agencies and instrumentalities and its officials and agents on matters requiring the services of a lawyer and that, when authorized by the President or head of the office concerned, it shall also represent government owned or controlled corporations.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law do hereby authorized the OSG to augment the provision of legal services to SBMA and also hereby approved the Fourth Amended Memorandum of Agreement entered into between the OSG and SMBA in May 2012, hereto attached as "Annex A".

This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 4th day of July in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twelve.


By the President:

(Sgd.) PAQUITO N. OCHOA, JR.
Executive Secretary